George hasecoster



V @nitidi tet etwt @fitte GEORGE HASECOSTER, 0F RICHMOND, INDANA.

Letters Patent No. 62,417, dated February 26, 1867. I

EMPROVED' WINDOW SHADE.

TO WHUM IT MAY CCNCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HASECOSTER, of Richmond, ndienn, have invented eert-nin new :mil useful improvements in Window Shades; and I herehy ie-clave the following to be :t full, clear, and exnet ilcsoription of the same, referenoebeing had to the drawings, which accompany this specification, and form n part thereof. In the drawings- Figure l represents n. full-length vicvif ci' my improved enr-tuin.

My invention consists in the eniployinent oi' pftstcboercl, card-board, er other analogous fibrous material, for the sluts of window shades, producing n. light, nent shade, not easily' hrohen, cftpnble of beinfjr Woven in :tny variety of colors, requiring no paint, :tml et greatly reclu ced cost.

In lig. 1, 6.', represents the top bar ol` n. curtain or shmle, uml b is the bottom bar, which may he oil any i'lesirerl form or material.. The .slats or strips of which the simule is composed :tre mmle from sheets of carilhonrd, pastehoard, o1' similar substance, cui; into strips of any desired width, :rnd woven together by the ordinary process of weaving curtains. The nyiivantziges accruing from the use of this materiel are obvious. It is fin cheaper; it is much lighter; not liehle to breek; it has no tendency to eut the werp threerls :it the edges; may be used of colors to suit the fancy; nml requires no paint or varnish.

I do not claim a. curtain mede from shits er strips woven together, es I om aware that such curtains are in common use; but what T; do claim, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent :is my invention, is-

A window shade composed of slats or strips of paper, and woven in the manner described.

GEORGE I-IASECOSTER.

Witnesses:

M. M. LACEY, W. J. DENNIS. 

